Input Output Tables(IOT) describe by product and industry the production processes and the transactions in products of the economy with great detail. They are elaborated and improved in compliance with internationally adopted methodological principles and standards of the European System of National and Regional Accounts(ESA'95, before 2010 and ESA'2010 from 2010 onwards - Eurostat edition) and of the System of National Accounts,(SNA'93, before 2010 and SNA'2008 from 2010 onwards) - a colaboration of the UN, OECD, Eurostat, IMF and the World Bank. SUT are based on the concepts and definitions for treating the transactions, the economic individuals and the classificatory principles of statistical units' grouping as they are applied in elsewhere in the System.

Classification system

The European System of Accounts (ESA) 2010 is based on Nace Rev 2. The data refers to years 2010 onwards with the ESA 2010 methodology. Input-Output tables distinguish 64 industries . Data before 2010 are available under ESA1995 .

Sector coverage

Total Economy

Statistical concepts and definitions

The symmetric input-output tables are recorded in intervals of five years.A symmetric input-output table is a product-by-product or industry-by-industry matrix describing the domestic production processes and the transactions in products of the national economy in great detail. A symmetric input-output table rearranges both supply and use in a single table with identical classification of products (or industries respectively) employed for both rows and columns. The ESA 1995(Regulation 2223/96 of the European Council) for the IOT before 2010 and ESA 2010(Regulation(EU) 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council) for the tables from 2010 onwards may be referred to for specific explanations concerning contents of the tables.

Statistical unit

NA

Statistical population

NA

Reference area

The reference area for IOT are the total economy of a country.

Time coverage

2003 and 2010

Base period

NA

Statistical processing

Source data

SUT

Frequency of data collection

Five yearly

Data collection

Exhaustively for all units

Data validation

Implementation of validation procedures for assessing data quality

Data compilation

Implementation of validation procedures for assessing the quality of data and the development of estimation of the completeness of the data.

Adjustment

Quality management

Quality assurance

Quality is assured by strict application of ESA 2010 concepts and by thorough validation of the data.

Quality assessment

Quality assessment is assured by applying a set of validation rules in accordance with ESA 2010 concepts.

Relevance

User needs

NA

User satisfaction

NA

Completeness

NA

Data completeness - rate

Accuracy and reliability

Overall accuracy

NA

Sampling error

Sampling errors - indicators

NA

Non-sampling error

Coverage error

NA

Over-coverage - rate

NA

Common units - proportion

NA

Measurement error

NA

Non response error

NA

Unit non-response - rate

NA

Item non-response - rate

NA

Processing error

NA

Imputation - rate

NA

Model assumption error

NA

Seasonal adjustment

NA

Data revision - policy

NA

Data revision - practice

NA

Data revision - average size

NA

Timeliness and punctuality

Timeliness

Time lag - first results

Time lag - final results

The data transmitted to Eurostat are in compliance with ESA 2010 DTP. Five yearly - 2010 onwards

Punctuality

Punctuality - delivery and publication

The data transmitted to Eurostat are in compliance with ESA 2010 DTP and respective derogations for the country.

Coherence and comparability

Comparability - geographical

The comparability is insured by the application of common definitions of ESA 2010 and common classifications used

Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient

Comparability - over time

By using a common framework, the European System of Accounts ESA 2010, data can be comparable over time.

Length of comparable time series

By using a common framework, the European System of Accounts ESA 2010, data can be comparable over time.

Coherence - cross domain

Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics

Coherence - National Accounts

Annual National Accounts and SUT a framework for the compilation of IOT

Coherence - internal

Ensured by applying the main equations for compilation of IO Tables, as they stipulated in ESA 2010.

Accessibility and clarity

News release

NA

Publications

NA

On-line database

NA

Data tables - consultations

NA

Micro-data access

NA

Other

NA

Metadata - consultations

Documentation on methodology

European System of National and Regional Accounts (ESA 1995) for the years before 2010 and (ESA2010) from 2010 onwards.

Metadata completeness – rate

Quality documentation

Quality is assured by strict application of ESA 2010 concepts and by thorough validation of the data

Cost and burden

NA

Confidentiality

Confidentiality - policy

Law on Statistics; Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society. The European Statistics Code of Practice provides further conditions that have to be respected by statistical offices in regard to statistical confidentiality (Principle 5): The privacy of data providers (households, enterprises, administrations and other respondents), the confidentiality of the information they provide and its use only for statistical purposes are absolutely guaranteed.